Sir Richard Francis Burton személy
Idézetek
Mindenki nagyon gorombán nyilatkozott Fernando Póról és a bubikról. A britek megvetették, mint olyan helyet, „ahol az ember késő délután is nagy valószínűséggel találkozhat egy rendetlen spanyol tisztviselővel, aki még mindig pizsamában van"; élvezettel időztek el a bűzös forróság részleteinél és a számos betegségnél, amelyeknek ez a terület a melegágya volt. A 19. századi német felfedezők egyszerűen degeneráltaknak tartották a bennszülötteket. Mary Kingsley azt mondta a szigetről, hogy egy nagy kupac szénnél többet nem tartogat a világnak. Richard Burton pedig mindenkit ámulatba ejtett azzal, hogy odament, és életben is maradt.
1. fejezet
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He said he found „four great Protestant Sommites:
(1) St. Paul, who protested against St. Peter's Hebraism;
(2) Mohammed, who protested against the perversions of Christianity;
(3) Luther, who protested against the rule of the Pope;
(4) Sir Richard Burton, who protested against the whole business.”
145. Burton's Religion.
Burton turned up his collar and looked at the darkening sky. “These short winter days make me long for Africa, Algy. Do you think this horrible climate is responsible for the British imperative for expansion? Is our empire built upon drizzle and chill?”
Chapter 6 - The Second Experiment
Sir Richard Burton, the famous traveller, linguist, and anthropologist — „the Arabian Knight” — „the last of the demi-gods” — has been very generally regarded as the most picturesque figure of his time, and one of the most heroic and illustrious men that „this blessed plot… this England,” this mother of heroes every produced.
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Burton smacked his right fist into his left palm. “Yes! That's exactly it! My decisions were made according to context. But have I ever properly understood it? Since the advent of Spring Heeled Jack, I feel like I've not had a firm grip on events at all. It's all slipped away from me. It feels to me as though things that should have occurred over a long stretch of history are all piling up at once"
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